Tasmania

See also: Tasmanía, Tasmánia, Tasmània, and Tasmânia

English

Etymology

From Tasman +‎ -ia, after the Dutch naval explorer Abel Tasman, who visited and documented the island and New Zealand in 1642.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tæzˈmeɪniə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪniə

Proper noun

Tasmania

1. One of the six federal states of Australia, consisting of one large, eponymous and several much smaller islands, off the eastern part of Australia's south coast, having its capital at Hobart.
   • 2006 April 26, “'No hat, no play' rethink urged”, in ABC News‎^[1]:

     Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.

2. (historical) The colony that became the state of Tasmania at federation in 1901.
3. The large island of Australia comprising the majority of the state of Tasmania's land area and on which most of its inhabitants live.

Synonyms

• the Apple Isle (colloquial)
• lutruwita (Indigenous name)
• Tassie (colloquial)
• Van Diemen's Land (historical)

Derived terms

• Tasmanian
• Taswegian (colloquial)
• TAS / Tas / Tas. (abbreviation)

Translations

Australian state

• Afrikaans: Tasmanië
• Amharic: ታዝሜኒያ (tazmeniya)
• Arabic: تَاسْمَانِيَا f (tasmāniyā), تسمانية f (tasmānīa), تسمانيا f (tāsmāniyā)
• Armenian: Տասմանիա (Tasmania)
• Basque: Tasmania
• Belarusian: Тасма́нія f (Tasmánija)
• Bulgarian: Тасма́ния f (Tasmánija)
• Catalan: Tasmània f
• Cherokee: ᏔᏍᎺᏂᎠ (tasmenia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞 / 塔斯马尼亚 (zh) (Tǎsīmǎníyà)

• Czech: Tasmánie f
• Danish: Tasmanien
• Dinka: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Tasmanië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Tasmanio
• Estonian: Tasmaania
• Finnish: Tasmania (fi)
• French: Tasmanie (fr) f
• Galician: Tasmania (gl) f
• Georgian: ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• German: Tasmanien (de) n
• Greek: Τασμανία (el) f (Tasmanía)
• Haitian Creole: Tasmani
• Hawaiian: Kakamania
• Hindi: तस्मानिया m (tasmāniyā)
• Hungarian: Tasmania (hu)
• Icelandic: Tasmanía f
• Irish: Tasmáin f
• Italian: Tasmania (it) f
• Japanese: タスマニア (Tasumania)
• Khmer: តាស្មានី (taasmienii)
• Korean: 태즈메이니아 (Taejeumeinia)
• Latin: Tasmania f
• Macedonian: Тасманија f (Tasmanija)
• Marathi: टास्मानिया (ṭāsmāniyā), टॅझमेनिया (ṭĕjhmeniyā)
• Maori: Tāhimania
• North Frisian: Tasmaanien
• Persian: تاسمانی (tâsmâni)
• Polish: Tasmania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tasmânia f
• Russian: Тасма́ния (ru) f (Tasmánija)
• Sardinian: Tasmània f
• Scots: Tasmainie, Tasmanie
• Sicilian: Tasmania f
• Spanish: Tasmania f
• Tamil: தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)
• Thai: แทสเมเนีย (tɛ́ɛs-mee-niia)
• Ukrainian: Тасма́нія f (Tasmánija)
• Urdu: تسمانیا m (tasmāniyā)
• West Flemish: Tasmanië n
• West Frisian: Tasmaanje n
• Yiddish: טאַזמאַניע f (tazmanye), טאַסמאַניע f (tasmanye)

island comprising majority of state

• Arabic: تَاسْمَانِيَا f (tasmāniyā)
• Armenian: Տասմանիա (Tasmania)
• Basque: Tasmania
• Catalan: Tasmània f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔斯馬尼亞（島） / 塔斯马尼亚（岛） (zh) (Tǎsīmǎníyà (dǎo))

• Czech: Tasmánie f
• Danish: Tasmanien
• Dinka: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: Tasmanië (nl)
• Esperanto: Tasmanio
• Estonian: Tasmaania
• Finnish: Tasmania (fi)
• French: Tasmanie (fr)
• Georgian: ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• German: Tasmanien (de) n
• Greek: Τασμανία (el) f (Tasmanía)
• Hungarian: Tasmania (hu)
• Icelandic: Tasmanía f
• Irish: an Tasmáin f
• Italian: Tasmania (it)
• Japanese: タスマニア (Tasumania)
• Korean: 태즈메이니아 (Taejeumeinia)
• Maori: Tāhimania
• Polish: Tasmania (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tasmânia f
• Russian: Тасма́ния (ru) f (Tasmánija)
• Spanish: Tasmania f
• Tamil: தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)
• Welsh: Ynys Tasmania
• Yiddish: טאַסמאַניע f (tasmanye), טאַזמאַניע f (tazmanye)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Тасма́ния (Tasmánija)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (gl)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ტასმანია (ṭasmania)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (io)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija
• Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanien
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania (no)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} تاسمانی
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Тасманија f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija (sh) f

• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} Tasmania
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Tasmánia
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanija
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Tasmanien (sv)
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} தாஸ்மானியா (tāsmāṉiyā)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} รัฐแทสเมเนีย

Further reading

• Category:Tasmania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tasmania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tasmania on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Tasmania on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Anagrams

• amanitas

Finnish

Etymology

From English Tasmania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑsmɑniɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝s̠mɑ̝ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Tas‧ma‧nia

Proper noun

Tasmania

1. Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)

Declension

Inflection of Tasmania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Tasmania	—
genitive		Tasmanian	—
partitive		Tasmaniaa	—
illative		Tasmaniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Tasmania	—
accusative	nom.	Tasmania	—
	gen.	Tasmanian
genitive		Tasmanian	—
partitive		Tasmaniaa	—
inessive		Tasmaniassa	—
elative		Tasmaniasta	—
illative		Tasmaniaan	—
adessive		Tasmanialla	—
ablative		Tasmanialta	—
allative		Tasmanialle	—
essive		Tasmaniana	—
translative		Tasmaniaksi	—
abessive		Tasmaniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Tasmania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniani — accusative nom. Tasmaniani — gen. Tasmaniani genitive Tasmaniani — partitive Tasmaniaani — inessive Tasmaniassani — elative Tasmaniastani — illative Tasmaniaani — adessive Tasmaniallani — ablative Tasmanialtani — allative Tasmanialleni — essive Tasmanianani — translative Tasmaniakseni — abessive Tasmaniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniasi — accusative nom. Tasmaniasi — gen. Tasmaniasi genitive Tasmaniasi — partitive Tasmaniaasi — inessive Tasmaniassasi — elative Tasmaniastasi — illative Tasmaniaasi — adessive Tasmaniallasi — ablative Tasmanialtasi — allative Tasmaniallesi — essive Tasmanianasi — translative Tasmaniaksesi — abessive Tasmaniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniamme — accusative nom. Tasmaniamme — gen. Tasmaniamme genitive Tasmaniamme — partitive Tasmaniaamme — inessive Tasmaniassamme — elative Tasmaniastamme — illative Tasmaniaamme — adessive Tasmaniallamme — ablative Tasmanialtamme — allative Tasmaniallemme — essive Tasmanianamme — translative Tasmaniaksemme — abessive Tasmaniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Tasmanianne — accusative nom. Tasmanianne — gen. Tasmanianne genitive Tasmanianne — partitive Tasmaniaanne — inessive Tasmaniassanne — elative Tasmaniastanne — illative Tasmaniaanne — adessive Tasmaniallanne — ablative Tasmanialtanne — allative Tasmaniallenne — essive Tasmaniananne — translative Tasmaniaksenne — abessive Tasmaniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Tasmaniansa — accusative nom. Tasmaniansa — gen. Tasmaniansa genitive Tasmaniansa — partitive Tasmaniaansa — inessive Tasmaniassaan Tasmaniassansa — elative Tasmaniastaan Tasmaniastansa — illative Tasmaniaansa — adessive Tasmaniallaan Tasmaniallansa — ablative Tasmanialtaan Tasmanialtansa — allative Tasmanialleen Tasmaniallensa — essive Tasmanianaan Tasmanianansa — translative Tasmaniakseen Tasmaniaksensa — abessive Tasmaniattaan Tasmaniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• tasmanialainen

 

compounds

• tasmanianmerileijona
• tasmanianpussikko

 

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒzmaːnijɒ]
• Rhymes: -jɒ
• Hyphenation: Tas‧ma‧nia

Proper noun

Tasmania

1. Tasmania (island)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Tasmania	—
accusative	Tasmaniát	—
dative	Tasmaniának	—
instrumental	Tasmaniával	—
causal-final	Tasmaniáért	—
translative	Tasmaniává	—
terminative	Tasmaniáig	—
essive-formal	Tasmaniaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Tasmaniában	—
superessive	Tasmanián	—
adessive	Tasmaniánál	—
illative	Tasmaniába	—
sublative	Tasmaniára	—
allative	Tasmaniához	—
elative	Tasmaniából	—
delative	Tasmaniáról	—
ablative	Tasmaniától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Tasmaniáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Tasmaniáéi	—

Possessive forms of Tasmania
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Tasmaniám	—
2nd person sing.	Tasmaniád	—
3rd person sing.	Tasmaniája	—
1st person plural	Tasmaniánk	—
2nd person plural	Tasmaniátok	—
3rd person plural	Tasmaniájuk	—

Italian

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)

Anagrams

• ansimata, smaniata

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈmaɲ.ja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: Tas‧man‧ia

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)

Declension

Declension of Tasmania

	singular
nominative	Tasmania
genitive	Tasmanii
dative	Tasmanii
accusative	Tasmanię
instrumental	Tasmanią
locative	Tasmanii
vocative	Tasmanio

Further reading

• Tasmania in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tasˈmanja/ [t̪azˈma.nja]
• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Tas‧ma‧nia

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)

Derived terms

• demonio de Tasmania
• lobo de Tasmania
• tigre de Tasmania

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /tasˈmanja/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /tazˈmanja/

Proper noun

Tasmania f

1. Tasmania (a state and island in Australia)

Derived terms

• blaidd Tasmania (“Tasmanian wolf”)
• cythraul Tasmania (“Tasmanian devil”)
• teigr Tasmania (“Tasmanian tiger”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Tasmania

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Tasmania	Dasmania	Nhasmania	Thasmania

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.